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He didn't have a clue what set her off, but he really wished it hadn't.
Raven towered over her teammates. Slender black tentacles of magic whipped through the living room. Her eyes glowed like four burning coals. Smoke rose from her chakra and she was hissing with fury. Her inner demon cursed furiously in some ancient language. Not even Starfire could understand. A black whirlwind of, well, anything in sight, orbited the demoness. Whoever or whatever made her mad obviously didn't think of the quick altitude of her temper.
He looked with pity at his helpless teammate. Ignoring protests from the other, slightly less foolish Titans, he edged towards a seething Raven. He wasn't thinking about the potential consequences or injuries he might suffer, he only hoped that he could help.
The demonic emotion did not react as Beast Boy slowly but swiftly wrapped his arms around her waist, and dragged her towards the ground. He doubted the real Raven could even feel his presence.
Finally the high altitude demoness touched down. Beast Boy let go of his poor girl, and she stood on her own. The stance was stubborn, a hip cocked and arms crossed.
The green changeling now stood in front of Raven's rage. He matched her stance and the four red eyes narrowed. "Why, hello Beastie." He hated that name. The demon stood on her tip toes to plant a kiss on his nose. He brushed it off hastily. "What, don't like my kisses anymore? The Beastie I remember sure does." Her fingers played an imaginary keyboard across his chest, like Raven would.
But the inner demon was only teasing him.
Although, he had to admit that Rage had a certain, undeniably sexy presence. The way Raven's demonic voice purred, like velvet on his ears. Or the way Rage would run her lips along his collarbone, then those stalagmites for teeth, would bite. There was just something about her dark side, that Beast Boy hated to love. Or, rather, lust. This would make sense, if Rage was partially an inner succubus, as well as an angry emoticlone.
He made a decision.
Beast Boy placed his hand firmly on the demon's hips. Dear goodness. Had she always been a perfect hourglass? Rage played along easily. She pressed her chest to his, and gave him dainty Eskimo kisses. He slid a hand to her lower back and pulled inward, so their hips were glued together. Moving his hand steadily over her backside, Rage murmured in delight. Or was it Raven, finally breaking to the surface? He couldn't tell, his eyes were closed and his lips hovered over hers.
Impulsively, Rage's mouth found his. She kissed him avariciously, then slid her lips over his strong jawline. The green boy quivered in a combination of pleasure and distrust. He realized her eyes were open during her little play of affection, and knew this wasn't right. Raven would never kiss him like this, not in front of the other Titans, and certainly not with four eyes open.
Each of Rage's kisses felt like a third degree burn. A painful pleasure. He had been playing into their façade of intimacy, but it couldn't continue. Decisively placing one hand on her lower back, the other squeezed her chin like a nutcracker. But instead of leaning into those already puckered lips, he gazed at four open, devious eyes.
Seeing those malicious, blood red eyes, the green changeling swallowed hard. He decided to change the angle of his approach. Lust would not be the emotion he drew out.
"Rage, tell Raven I love her." The demon dug her razor sharp nails into his chest, and he tried not to wince.
Love? Had he no better ideas? Raven absolutely was not a cliché romantic, and he felt stupid for thinking that such a trivial (in Raven's opinion) emotion would cure her of her demonic state.
"She already knows that." A pointed tongue slithered out of Raven's mouth and ran along Beast Boy's cheek. Oh, sometimes it was so hard to hate Rage.
Nonetheless, Beast Boy stayed true to his plan. He squeezed her the hollows of her cheeks harder, until Rage squirmed. "Tell her." He growled, allowing his own inner beast to be a dominant influence. Rage squealed in delight at his own evil that harbored inside.
She nodded "Now there's a creature I can respect." Rage closed her eyes gently. "Goodbye, Beastie." He cringed at the name.
Blindly, Rage reached up and delivered a soft, painless kiss to his green cheek. "Until next time." she whispered, almost innocently. Beast Boy shuddered.
Raven limply fell to her side, where Beast Boy slowly eased her to the ground, hands kept firm around her waist. She was panting heavily, but her breathing slowed when she found his arms.
Beast Boy slowly took a hand and brushed it gingerly against her forehead. The chakra still felt hot, but all he could feel was smooth skin. Raven must have thought that he was trying to sooth her, but he was actually feeling for the second pair of eyes, which disappeared into eyebrows once again.
The green titan remained quiet. He had learned it was best for Raven to start talking first, if she even would. This time, Raven simply got up and levitated towards the sliding double doors.
Was she kidding? He had just saved her from her inner demon, and she couldn't even say thank you? Beast Boy exhaled, exasperated. He should've been more understanding. It would take Raven hours to calm her emotions.
Instead, he shook his head. No. He knew shouldn't be begging for a thank you, but he deserved it! And he was going to get it.
"Rae!" He called to her. She was at the end of the dark hallway, about to enter her room. She deafly punched in her passcode. Beast Boy ran to catch her before she melted away into that dark room of hers. "Really?" He leaned one hand against the wall and glowered over her.
She opened her mouth to protest, to make up some lame excuse to be alone. He cut her off with a glare, earning himself an eyeroll from her pretty violet eyes. "Ugh." The door slid open and she moved to lean against the doorway's inner frame. She childishly stuck out her now-rounded tongue. "You're so hard to love." She slipped him a quick kiss and melted into the dark abyss of her room.
Beast Boy raised his brows, realizing what she'd just said. Green cheeks turned browned with blush, as he thought about how much he adored his petite Raven.
Maybe later tonight, Raven would get in touch with some of her other emotions.
